Popular Names in the United States

Information from the Social Security Administration. Different spellings of similar names are not combined.
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Boys · Girls
Boys
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Michael		 4.06% 0
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John		 3.81% +1
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David		 3.80% -1
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James		 3.45% 0
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Robert		 3.39% 0
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Mark		 2.39% 0
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William		 2.15% 0
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Richard		 1.98% 0
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Thomas		 1.72% 0
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Jeffrey		 1.54% 0
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Kevin		 1.48% +3
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Scott		 1.47% -1
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Joseph		 1.46% 0
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Steven		 1.42% -2
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Timothy		 1.32% +1
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Charles		 1.30% -1
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Paul		 1.29% +2
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Kenneth		 1.22% 0
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Daniel		 1.20% -2
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Brian		 1.17% 0
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Gregory		 1.04% 0
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Anthony		 0.98% +2
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Ronald		 0.96% +2
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Gary		 0.92% -2
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Donald		 0.92% -2
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Christopher		 0.89% 0
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Edward		 0.74% +2
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Douglas		 0.73% -1
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Stephen		 0.73% -1
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Todd		 0.72% 0
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Eric		 0.64% +2
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Terry		 0.60% +2
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Keith		 0.59% +3
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George		 0.59% -2
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Patrick		 0.58% +5
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Larry		 0.57% -5
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Randy		 0.51% -2
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Jerry		 0.49% 0
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Dennis		 0.48% -2
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Peter		 0.47% +3
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Frank		 0.46% +1
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Andrew		 0.46% +7
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Bruce		 0.45% -2
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Mike		 0.44% -5
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Raymond		 0.43% +3
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Jeffery		 0.41% -1
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Ricky		 0.39% +3
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Jeff		 0.39% -4
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Steve		 0.39% -3
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Matthew		 0.39% +6
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Craig		 0.38% 0
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Tony		 0.38% 0
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Roger		 0.38% -6
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Carl		 0.35% +4
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Danny		 0.34% -1
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Alan		 0.34% -3
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Russell		 0.33% 0
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Joe		 0.31% +2
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Chris		 0.31% 0
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Gerald		 0.30% +4
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Vincent		 0.30% +5
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Martin		 0.29% +12
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Wayne		 0.29% 0
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Troy		 0.29% +3
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Randall		 0.29% -1
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Glenn		 0.29% -11
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Barry		 0.29% -6
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Lawrence		 0.28% +2
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Dale		 0.28% -7
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Phillip		 0.27% -2
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Johnny		 0.26% -2
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Curtis		 0.26% +1
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Bryan		 0.26% +9
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Billy		 0.25% -2
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Bobby		 0.25% +3
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Rodney		 0.25% 0
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Walter		 0.25% +2
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Jimmy		 0.24% -3
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Darryl		 0.24% +4
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Tim		 0.24% -9
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Greg		 0.24% -4
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Bradley		 0.23% +5
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Philip		 0.23% -2
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Jon		 0.23% 0
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Jay		 0.23% -5
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Dean		 0.22% 0
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Samuel		 0.22% +1
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Jonathan		 0.22% +6
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Roy		 0.22% +1
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Allen		 0.21% +3
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Arthur		 0.21% 0
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Jim		 0.21% -7
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Willie		 0.20% -4
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Henry		 0.20% -2
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Darrell		 0.20% +7
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Harold		 0.20% -1
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Victor		 0.20% -1
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Jose		 0.20% +5
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Ralph		 0.19% -2
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Albert		 0.19% +1
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Girls
Rank Name Pct. +/-
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Lisa		 2.82% 0
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Mary		 2.09% 0
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Susan		 1.71% 0
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Karen		 1.63% 0
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Linda		 1.39% 0
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Donna		 1.28% +1
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Patricia		 1.28% -1
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Lori		 1.20% +3
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Sandra		 1.09% +1
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Cynthia		 1.09% -2
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Kimberly		 1.07% +5
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Tammy		 1.07% +11
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Deborah		 1.06% -4
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Pamela		 1.04% -1
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Brenda		 0.99% -3
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Laura		 0.93% +5
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Barbara		 0.92% -3
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Teresa		 0.90% 0
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Sharon		 0.90% -2
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Elizabeth		 0.89% 0
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Debra		 0.87% -6
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Julie		 0.82% 0
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Nancy		 0.82% -4
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Cheryl		 0.76% 0
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Robin		 0.73% 0
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Michelle		 0.72% +5
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Denise		 0.71% +3
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Kathleen		 0.68% +1
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Christine		 0.67% +10
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Angela		 0.67% +6
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Diane		 0.66% -5
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Kelly		 0.63% +6
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Carol		 0.63% -5
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Kathy		 0.62% -7
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Tina		 0.61% -2
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Jennifer		 0.59% +5
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Cindy		 0.56% -3
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Theresa		 0.56% +2
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Kim		 0.54% -2
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Janet		 0.54% -5
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Debbie		 0.53% -9
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Paula		 0.51% +18
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Maria		 0.50% +6
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Rebecca		 0.47% +3
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Rhonda		 0.47% 0
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Margaret		 0.47% -3
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Laurie		 0.47% -5
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Tracy		 0.46% +7
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Sherry		 0.46% -1
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Sheila		 0.44% +2
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Jacqueline		 0.43% -7
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Dawn		 0.42% -2
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Catherine		 0.42% 0
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Amy		 0.41% +7
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Connie		 0.41% -4
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Carolyn		 0.41% -10
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Ann		 0.40% -1
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Terri		 0.39% -4
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Michele		 0.38% 0
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Wendy		 0.37% +4
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Melissa		 0.37% +7
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Diana		 0.37% -5
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Janice		 0.36% -5
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Stephanie		 0.34% +5
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Suzanne		 0.34% 0
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Beth		 0.34% 0
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Cathy		 0.32% -5
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Jill		 0.32% +4
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Valerie		 0.31% -2
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Judy		 0.31% -7
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Annette		 0.30% +4
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Leslie		 0.30% +8
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Lynn		 0.29% -2
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Renee		 0.29% +2
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Jane		 0.29% -2
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Wanda		 0.28% +1
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Anita		 0.28% +4
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Sherri		 0.27% +4
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Gina		 0.27% +23
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Anne		 0.27% +4
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Beverly		 0.27% -12
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Carla		 0.27% -4
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Bonnie		 0.26% -4
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Joyce		 0.26% -10
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Darlene		 0.26% +4
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Penny		 0.26% +5
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Katherine		 0.26% -4
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Dana		 0.25% +29
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Andrea		 0.25% +10
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Martha		 0.25% -3
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Judith		 0.24% -5
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Regina		 0.24% -1
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Kathryn		 0.24% -5
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Sarah		 0.23% +4
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Joan		 0.23% 0
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Gloria		 0.23% -6
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Jean		 0.23% -3
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Colleen		 0.22% +3
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Shirley		 0.22% -3
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Vicki		 0.22% -15
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Popularity extremes for the United States